And somehow again, my city, my hometown, the place where I worked and even where I live now didn't make that list of the top cities in the world. Admittedly, some of those places are small and would have trouble getting together enough folk to be seen as a city.

Alas. There will be no golden plague, no ticker-tape parade, no mayoral speech here.

So who won? Well, according to US Travel + Leisure magazine's World's Best Award list, Bangkok is the best city in the world. Decided by a voting pool of thousands, probably with some input from the people in the advertising department, the results announced today are: